By Ike Anya A few days ago while in Abuja, I was surprised to hear the news presenter announce that a Federal High Court had...

By Chizoba Wonodi Nigeria launched the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) into its childhood immunization schedule in Lokoja, on December 22nd 2014. PCV...

An interesting scenario played out in 2014. After a strike that lasted about two months, all resident doctors in Nigeria were sacked; the strike was...

We rarely have much to celebrate in the health sector, and broadly this is still the case. The fundamental reform that the sector requires to...

Dear Readers, Colleagues and Friends, Today is the 23rd of December. The day after tomorrow some of us will be rejoicing the birth of Christ....

In continuation of our series of visits aimed at bringing some of the interesting healthcare interventions in Nigeria to the public, Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and...

Late last night, we got information from a very reliable source that President Goodluck Jonathan had signed the National Health Bill into law. This morning,...

It was World AIDS Day yesterday. We debated about writing a piece about the size of the epidemic, which at over 3 million cases in...

The National Health Bill For the second time since he became president, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has the chance to sign a new National Health...

Six days ago, the world marked World Pneumonia Day, with the aim of drawing global attention to the number one killer of children under the...

The blog below are reflections from a learning tour of key health institutions in Brazil with the TEDxChange Pilot Programme supported by Bill & Melinda...

By Felix Abrahams Obi After ten years in the making, a harmonised National Health Bill has just been sent to the President for signing. We...